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I'm having the same problems with my now 16 month old boy. At 9 to 12 months it appeared we were doing fine with eating, he would eat his puree and then a little bit of many different types of solid foods. We thought he was doing great and that he'd progress eventually to eating larger quantities of food. Soon after 12 months he seemed to no longer be interested in eating the foods we used to give him (yogurt, noodles, meatloaf, ground hamburger, salmon in all shapes and forms like salmon patties, salmon chowder etc). He also still gagged on many types of foods including his puree. Our pediatrician at his 12 month checkup told us to stop his afternoon bottle because he only needed 12 ounces of whole milk a day (6 ounces in the AM and before bedtime) and that he'd start to eat more solid food. Well, not only did he NOT eat more, but he was missing out on his afternoon bottle too so at his 15 month checkup he basically showed hardly any weight, height or head circumference growth since his 12 month checkup and he slipped to the 16th percentile (from the 45th). So we gave him his afternoon bottle back and his eating has now regressed to the point that he has his pureed peaches for breakfast after a 7 oz bottle and won't eat anything for lunch and maybe just crackers for dinner, then 5 oz after dinner and 7oz before bed at 9. We had him assessed by the Early Intervention program in our state (IL). We had assessments done by a Physical therapist (he only now just started walking on his own a little), Occupation therapist, Speech therapist (for oral sensitivities), and Developmental therapist. He needed to be 30% behind in 2 or more of those areas to qualify for treatment in the program and he wasn't. In fact, the Speech therapist said he is fully capable of eating and all we need to do is to dip his crackers in items he doesn't like (like oatmeal, which even just a drop would make him gag). Well, that doesn't work. He just won't eat that cracker that was dipped in the oatmeal and it has not made him want to eat oatmeal. They did not offer anything else to us except to look into feeding programs at a local hospital where they teach you nutrition and what to feed your toddler. I also have a 17 year old daughter who also didn't eat at this age due to really bad acid reflux, so I'm not new to feeding issues and have plenty experience in trying to come up with healthy choices for my toddler, the problem is that he won't touch anything now except for crackers and a little bit of cheese. My daughter lived off milk for the first 2 years of her life (often throwing it up due to acid reflux) and once she started eating after about age 2, she was open to trying a variety of foods (I always made things fun like telling her beets will make her pee turn purple, and never pressured her into eating anything) and now she eats anything (she loves sushi, every type of vegetable including artichoke hearts, asparagus, spinach etc). So picky eating as a toddler doesn't mean they will always be picky. With my boy I just keep telling myself I need have patience and eventually my baby will start eating again someday. The only thing about the wait is that it is stressful because I feel awful as if it's my fault as a mom that my toddler isn't eating. My daughter, due to her poor growth as a toddler, was always the littlest one in school (skinny and shorter than her peers) but she is now (still skinny) but 5ft 5inches. So I have hope that my little boy won't always be the little guy and will catch up to the others eventually. Also, the famous Dr. Sears says picky toddlers are often teething toddlers (back molars come in during this period) and I know my boy is teething because he loves to carry his toothbrush around and gnaws on it in the back of the same side of his mouth (must be the side where his molars are coming in). Also, toddlers want to be in control at this age too, so feeding issues can also be worse because of that too.View Thread